bury
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bury | |
| he / she / it buries | |
| past simple buried | |
| past participle buried | |
| -ing form burying |
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to place a dead body in the ground 埋葬；安葬 - bury somebody/something
They killed her and buried her body. 他们杀了她，埋了她的尸体。 - bury somebody/something + adv./prep.
He was buried in Highgate Cemetery. 他被安葬在海格特墓地。 - (figurative)
Their ambitions were finally dead and buried. 他们的雄心壮志最终给埋葬了。
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsb1, Life stagesb1The king is dead and lies buried at Jedburgh Abbey. 国王死了，埋葬在杰德堡修道院。 Those people are now all dead and buried. 那些人现在都已死了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases- be dead and buried
- bury somebody alive
- lie buried
- …
- bury somebody/something
- bury somebody (old-fashioned)
to lose somebody by death 丧失（某人） -
to hide something in the ground 把（某物）掩藏在地下；埋藏 - bury something
We used to dig for hours, looking for buried treasure. 我们为了寻找埋在地下的财宝曾连续挖了几个小时。 They plan to bury a time capsule containing work from every child in the school. 他们计划埋藏一个时间胶囊，里面装着学校里每个孩子的作业。 - bury something + adv./prep.
The dog had buried its bone in the garden. 狗把骨头埋在花园里。 The waste is buried deep underground. 垃圾被深埋在地下。
Homophones berry | buryberry bury- berry noun
He picked a berry from the bush. 他从灌木丛中摘了一个浆果。
- bury verb
Many people actually did bury treasure in the sand. 很多人确实把宝藏埋在了沙子里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- underground
- bury something
- [often passive]
to cover somebody/something with soil, rocks, leaves, etc. （以土、石、树叶等）覆盖 - bury somebody/something
A landslide buried about 25 people yesterday. 昨天一场滑坡掩埋了大约25人。 - bury somebody/something + adv./prep.
The house was buried under ten feet of snow. 房子被埋在十英尺厚的积雪中。 Another vehicle was found buried under rubble. 另一辆车被发现埋在瓦砾下。 - bury somebody/something + adj.
The miners were buried alive when the tunnel collapsed. 坑道塌方，矿工都被活埋。
Extra ExamplesThe building was now buried under ten feet of soil. 这幢大楼现在已被埋在 10 英尺深的泥土下。 He was buried up to his neck in sand. 他被沙子一直埋到脖子。 a fallen tree trunk almost completely buried in the long grass 几乎完全埋没在深草里的倒下的树干
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- partially
- be buried alive
- buried beneath something
- buried under something
- …
- bury somebody/something
- bury something (+ adv./prep.)
to cover something so that it cannot be seen 遮盖；掩盖 Your letter got buried under a pile of papers. 你的信被压在一堆文件底下。 He buried his face in his hands and wept. 他双手掩面而泣。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- partially
- be buried alive
- buried beneath something
- buried under something
- …
- bury something
to ignore or hide a feeling, a mistake, etc. 不顾，掩藏（感情、错误等） Extra Examplesher deeply buried pain 她深深掩藏着的痛苦 What secrets lie buried in the past? 过去隐藏着什么秘密？ Their ambitions were finally dead and buried. 他们的雄心壮志最终给埋葬了。
- bury something (in something)
to put something deeply into something else 使陷入，把…插入（某物） He walked slowly, his hands buried in his pockets. 他双手插在口袋里缓步而行。 She always has her head buried in a book. 她总是埋头读书。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- deeply
dead person死人
hide in ground埋藏
cover覆盖
hide feeling掩藏感情
put deeply into something插入
Word OriginOld English byrgan, of West Germanic origin; related to the verb borrow and to borough.
Idioms
bury the hatchet | bury your differences
to stop not being friendly and become friends again 消除隔阂（重归于好） After not speaking to each other for years, the two brothers decided to bury the hatchet. 在多年不和对方说话后，兄弟俩决定言归于好。
bury/hide your head in the sand
to refuse to admit that a problem exists or refuse to deal with it 采取鸵鸟政策；不正视现实；回避问题
bury the lede/lead (US English)
to give the most important point of a news story near the end instead of at the beginning 埋葬： 将新闻故事中最重要的部分放在结尾而不是开头Unfortunately, he buried the lede in the last paragraph of the story. 不幸的是，他在故事的最后一段隐瞒了真相。